Lyme borreliosis in Slovenia

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 5-7, 1999, Pages 643-652

  Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aetiologic agents; Epidemiology; Lyme borreliosis; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVENIA; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0033401949     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80023-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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